Whether your landscape is dry, moist, sunny, or shady you can garden with native plants. If you choose to help the environment by doing this make sure you are choosing native plants and not some of the invasive plants that have been brought over (accidentally or sometimes purposely) to the United States. This goes [...]
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In the Garden with Danielle – “Oh no…I’ve got tomato cracks!”
There are a few reasons our tomatoes crack this time of the year. The fluctuation of temperatures and rain fall are two of the most common. However, we can’t blame mother nature and her micro-climates entirely because there are ways we can prevent it. One way is to get your tomatoes off to a good [...]
Hammertown Garden–Drought & Deer Tolerant? Not so much.
The front garden at Hammertown has been in place for quite a few years and is well-established. But, this particular summer has taken its toll. Upon losing our beloved Abby (beautiful golden retriever and official grounds keeper & guard), the deer have moved in and have eaten all the garden phlox and started on the [...]
Events at Stonecrop Gardens throughout August (bring a picnic every Friday!)
I especially like that Stonecrop Gardens is open every Friday night until until dusk and you can bring a picnic. It is absolutely beautiful and well worth a visit and becoming a member. Joan
Oh yes…size DOES matter!
The always brilliant…always clever… Margaret Roach posted this great article this week about cucumbers and zucchinis on her website, awaytogarden.com, to mark the beginning of Summer Fest. Smaller is better, or at least when talk turns to cucumbers and zucchinis, as it does today for Week 1 of the third annual Summer Fest, a giant [...]
Too much of a good thing? Night shade vegetables.
At this point in the season most of your gardens are beginning to fill up with all those wonderful vegetables we planted in the spring. Many of our favorites like potatoes, tomatoes, and even peppers are in the night shade family. There are many more but these are the most common. During one of Hammertown’s [...]
The Garden Conservancy’s Open Days will include local gardens!
Abby Adams Westlake’s garden at her home in Ancram will be part of the Garden Conservancy’s Open Day tour.
Those garden varmints are back!
Summer season is here so are the beetles and various other varmints; including those adorable deer that seem to come and eat our favorite plants as soon as they’ve just started to grow — no matter how hard we tried to protect them. I spray for the deer, pick the beetles, have cats for the [...]
Joan just had to have her Tillandsias
What in the world is a Tillandsia? It's a plant that you don't plant. Are you totally confused now? While we were at Trade Secrets last month, Joan found something at one of the other vendors' booths that she just had to have in our stores...Air Plants.
“Hidden Gardens of Amenia” Tour this Weekend
Don’t miss the always-popular Hidden Gardens of Amenia Tour!
